Taiwan environment news archive

Links to articles dated up to June 2003 are archived here. More recent articles can be found here. The articles are grouped according to the month of publication. Most of these articles come from the Taipei Times. There are also some articles from the Taiwan News and other sources in Taiwan and internationally.

June 2003

• Editorial: Nuclear bugaboo pops up again (2003-06-30)
• Chen to go ahead with referendum (2003-06-28)
• Referendum plan worries investors (2003-06-28)
• Referendum could be a double-edged sword for Chen (2003-06-28)
• EPA changes tune in bid to promote national recycling (2003-06-25)
• Residents fume over incinerator waste plan (2003-06-24)
• Is the government trying to dodge nuclear issues? (2003-06-23)
• Pressure vessel reaches Fourth Nuclear Power Plant (2003-06-21)
• Fourth Nuclear Power Plant prepares for arrival of first reactor from Japan (2003-06-20)
• Government looks for way to hold nuclear referendum (2003-06-17)
• Public could build own sewers (2003-06-16)
• Chichi residents protest planned incinerator project (2003-06-14)
• Activists pan nuclear-free plans (2003-06-12)
• Landfill site alters environment (2003-06-09)
• Kungliao residents want a referendum as the nuclear issue heats up politically (2003-06-06)
• Taiwan releases environmental indicators study (2003-06-06)
• Reforms, laws needed to ensure environmental rights (2003-06-06)
• There's no place like energy-saving green homes (2003-06-06)
• EPA gets tough with river polluters (2003-06-05)
• Nuclear fallout (2003-06-02)
• Nuclear protest picks up speed (2003-06-01)

May 2003

• 'Protectors' damage coast (2003-05-29)
• Yu promises to expedite Formosa Plastic's expansion (2003-05-27)
• Environmentalists look to protect coastal areas (2003-05-27)
• Taipower wants to import a nuclear reactor in June (2003-05-10)

April 2003

• Taitung County willing to take nuclear waste (2003-04-24)
• Control Yuan to look into beach erosion and wharf (2003-04-24)
• Earth Day: It's practice that matters, not theory, says EPA chief Hau (2003-04-22)
• Officials mulling site in Taitung for radioactive waste (2003-04-18)
• Germany's nuclear policy a model (2003-04-07)

March 2003

• EPA urged to revise waste management for its incinerators (2003-03-31)
• Protesters invoke gloomy specter of Three Mile Island (2003-03-28)
• Lawmaker fights for necessary energy laws (2003-03-24)
• Kungliao activists reject Fulung idea (2003-03-17)
• Water conservation badly needed (2003-03-16)
• Plant construction to be better supervised: Yeh (2003-03-14)
• Keeping tabs on nature (2003-03-10)
• EPA criticized for incinerator policy (2003-03-03)

February 2003

• German Greens are here to help (2003-02-28)
• Government has much to learn from Aborigines (2003-02-26)
• NGOs put forward case to join global index (2003-02-24)
• Non-nuclear policy gets government's approval (2003-02-24)
• Spoonbill controversy ruffles feathers (2003-02-20)
• Black bear zoologist makes strides (2003-02-17)
• Spoonbill deaths spark new fears (2003-02-12)
• Controversial incinerators ready to open in 2005: EPA (2003-02-05)
• Writer decries river's pollution (2003-02-03)

January 2003

• Government is 'all style, no substance' says Green activists (2003-01-31)
• Activists question green declaration (2003-01-27)
• Chen signs sustainability declaration (2003-01-26)
• EPA criticized for failing to properly manage incinerators (2003-01-23)
• Expert raises hope that spoonbill crisis might soon end (2003-01-18)
• Satellite photos prove coastal damage (2003-01-16)
• Don't politicize park, warns Atayal (2003-01-07)
• Sustainability through ecotourism (2003-01-07)
• Visiting experts list possible causes of spoonbill deaths (2003-01-03)
• Tao aborigines press government to move radioactive waste (2003-01-02)

December 2002

• Spoonbill deaths force rethink (2002-12-29)
• New task force set up to tackle spoonbill deaths (2002-12-27)
• Taos demand action on waste (2002-12-26)
• Timetable urged for Orchid Island waste (2002-12-26)
• Opposition obstructs renewable energy bill (2002-12-26)
• River measures in Chiayi offer fresh views on pollution (2002-12-14)
• What's behind spoonbills' deaths? (2002-12-14)
• Waste-dump racism is destroying our planet (2002-12-09)

November 2002

• National conference set to tackle incineration policy (2002-11-27)
• EPA to model ecoparks on Japanese experience (2002-11-14)
• Seedlings new focus for Goodall (2002-11-13)
• A tale of commitment and determination (2002-11-09)
• Tzu Chi General Hospital at Hualien receives award for saving energy (2002-11-08)
• Activists want US to take back spent nuclear rods (2002-11-07)

October 2002

• Incineration plan comes under fire (2002-10-31)
• EPA gets behind Taipei County's new incinerator (2002-10-30)
• Green labelling to be discussed at Taipei conference (2002-10-29)
• Lawmakers urged to reject budget for incinerators (2002-10-29)
• Environment group gains international recognition (2002-10-26)
• Climate of renewable energy in Taiwan (2002-10-25)
• New power plant shows commitment to go green (2002-10-22)
• Taipower accused of ruining coast (2002-10-18)
• Conservationists press for laws to save the landscape (2002-10-17)
• Activists take nuclear-free call to Cabinet (2002-10-03)

September 2002

• Activist chastises nuclear industry (2002-09-29)
• Anti-nuclear group meets on Saturday (2002-09-27)
• GMO rules unlikely to alter Taiwan grain buying (2002-09-26)
• Ambivalence and nuclear power (2002-09-25)
• Taipower to go green with renewable energy project (2002-09-18)
• Taipower to go green with renewable energy project (2002-09-18)
• Anti-nuclear activists seek clear rules for referendum (2002-09-15)
• Cabinet pushes for nuclear-free home (2002-09-14)
• Taiwan to make ecology a question of diplomacy (2002-09-13)
• Forums provide Taiwan with soapbox (2002-09-13)
• Taiwan scores success at summit (2002-09-10)
• NGOs say Earth Summit starting point for action (2002-09-10)
• Sustainable strategy for Taiwan not in sight (2002-09-03)
• Industrialists embrace sustainable development (2002-09-02)
• Jane Goodall sings praises of Taiwanese (2002-09-01)

August 2002

• Taiwan should join efforts on environment: experts (2002-08-30)
• Taiwan shares its water experience with summit (2002-08-30)
• Editorial: Learning from Johannesburg (2002-08-30)
• Officials arrive for Earth Summit launch (2002-08-27)
• Editorial: Looking forward to Johannesburg (2002-08-23)
• Activists to step onto global stage (2002-08-05)

May - July 2002

• Antinuclear activists urge tourists to look around (2002-07-15)
• Editorial: Cleaning up a nuclear disaster (2002-06-20)
• Oversight blamed for nuclear scare (2002-06-20)
• Ecotourism (2002-06-14)
• AEC rejects Taipower waste plan (2002-05-30)
• Editorial: Environmental ignorance soiling Taiwan (2002-05-24)
• Premier apologizes to Tao tribe (2002-05-24)
• Support river-protection groups (2002-05-15)
• Taiwan Nuclear Waste Could Go to Unstable Solomon Islands (2002-05-08)
• Aborigines protest nuclear waste (2002-05-02)

January - April 2002

• The withering of Orchid Island (2002-04-28)
• Hau stresses education in environmental protection (2002-04-22)
• Lan Yu's Nuclear Waste Dump: An issue of intergenerational justice (2002-04-22)
• A young boy's plea from the heart (2002-04-17)
• Child upstages Chen after speech (2002-04-09)
• Relearning the language of nature (2002-04-06) [article about WWOOF in Taiwan]
• Activists say nuclear safety measures are falling short (2002-03-29)
• Nuclear safety OK: AEC (2002-03-28)
• Radioactive rod found in Kaohsiung scrap (2002-03-27)
• Radioactive rod found in scrap (2002-03-12)
• Wind power about to blow into local generating sector (2002-02-20)
• Environmentalists push for new law (2002-01-11)

2001

• Activists question need for incinerators (2001-12-31)
• Current developments in international resource management (2001-11-21)
• Government to build wind power plants (2001-10-29)
• Government to push renewable energy (2002-07-16)
• Taiwan told to wake up to renewable energy (2001-07-15)
• Taipower mulls sending radioactive waste to Russia (2001-06-08)
• One Year On: Society - Administration fails to find solutions to environmental problems (2001-05-20)
• Radioactive rebar linked to cancer (2001-04-29)
• Survey shows Taiwan slightly greener (2001-04-22)
• Nuclear stewardship taken to task (2001-03-25)
• EPA too political, says outgoing chief (2001-03-07)
• Finding a resting place for radioactive materials (2001-03-05)
• Angry anti-nuclear activists promise to continue the battle (2001-02-15)
• Current long-term ecological research in Taiwan (2001-02-14)

2000

• Chen's stance dismays environmentalists (2000-12-04)
• Do not overlook Aboriginal rights (2000-12-03)
• Government to build wind power plants (2000-11-29)
• Experts urge government to promote conservation (2000-11-27)
• Public is not extremist on energy (2000-11-21)
• Energy promises not kept (2000-11-20)
• Power and passion (2000-11-19)
• Thousands march for a green island (2000-11-13)
• Trash Becomes a Burning Issue...As Poisoned Water Raises Fears (2000-10-02)
• Taiwan at the crossroads of a new energy policy (2000-10-02)
• Residents renew incinerator opposition (2000-08-21)
• Energy experts counsel Taiwan (2000-08-08)
• Energy experts complete one-week visit (2000-08-05)
• Thousands march against nuke plant (2000-05-14)

1999

• Lee Yuan-tseh says Taiwan must find its own path of development to survive (1999-12-19)
• Activists sound alarm over environment (1999-12-12)
• Taiwan: the 'Island of Poison' (1999-12-04)
• Nuclear dependency criticized (1999-11-17)

1995

• Choking on growth

1993

• Orchid Island: Taiwan's Nuclear Dumpsite (1993-03-28)

Undated

• Good News For Taiwan's Endangered Species
• Wetlands and Water Birds in Taiwan